A pair of bronze mounted Japonisme oil lamps late 19th century

very well painted by Sieffert, signed, with Japanese figures at leisure, the reverse with an extensive landscape

Overall in very good condition. There is a tiny loss of paint to one vase, approx. 1mm. square.
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Louis-Eugène Sieffert was a Fench painter and porcelain decorator. He is recorded as a painter at the Sèvres factory 1881-1887 and 1894-1898. A pair of large Sèvres ormolu- mounted vases painted with Japanese maidens by Sieffert, was sold Sotheby's, New York, 14th April 2008, lot187 ($97,000). Sieffert  spent some time in England painting for Brown-Westhead, Moore & Co. and Coalport.